Fajas

There has been a lot of discussion in mainstream media recently about the rise in popularity of a garment called a “faja.” Even the New York Times has published an article about the widespread wearing of these midsection shapers. But many of you may not be familiar with what this item actually is and does. The faja is a style of waist cincher popularized in South America. The word literally means belt or wrap and that is just what it does. It wraps around your midsection and reshapes the area. There are many different strengths and designs of fajas, giving strong and lighter amounts of compression to the parts of the body that they are worn over, but the one thing that all fajas share in common is that they trim and tone the tummy area. The vast majority of this style of shaper also includes closures such as hook-and-eyes so that you can reduce the size of the faja as your midsection sizes down over time.